Alaska Contractor Licensing Law
Alaska Code · 32 sections
The following is the full text of Alaska’s contractor licensing law statutes as published in the Alaska Code. For the official version, see the Alaska Legislature.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.010
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Title 7. Boroughs.
Title 8. Business and Professions.
Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure.
Title 10. Corporations and Associations.
Title 11. Criminal Law.
Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure.
Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.
Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums.
Title 15. Elections.
Title 16. Fish and Game.
Title 17. Food and Drugs.
Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender.
Title 19. Highways and Ferries.
Title 20. Infants and Incompetents.
Title 21. Insurance.
Title 22. Judiciary.
Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation.
Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying.
Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations.
Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace.
Title 27. Mining.
Title 28. Motor Vehicles.
Title 29. Municipal Government.
Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities.
Title 31. Oil and Gas.
Title 32. Partnership.
Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners.
Title 34. Property.
Title 35. Public Buildings, Works, and Improvements.
Title 36. Public Contracts.
Title 37. Public Finance.
Title 38. Public Land.
Title 39. Public Officers and Employees.
Title 40. Public Records and Recorders.
Title 41. Public Resources.
Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs.
Title 43. Revenue and Taxation.
Title 44. State Government.
Title 45. Trade and Commerce.
Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation.
Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions.
Article 1. Registration. Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors. Sec. 08.18.010. Creation and composition of board. [Repealed, § 1 ch 100 SLA 1968.] Sec. 08.18.011. Registration required. (a) A person may not submit a bid or work as a contractor until that person has been issued a certificate of registration as a contractor by the department. A partnership or joint venture shall be considered registered as a contractor if one of the general partners or venturers whose name appears in the name under which the partnership or venture does business is registered as a contractor.
(b) A general contractor may not use a bid or proposal from, award a bid or proposal to, contract with, or allow a person required to be registered under this chapter to work for the general contractor as a specialty contractor unless the person is registered as a specialty contractor under this chapter.
(c) Unless exempt under AS 08.18.156 or serving lawfully as an associate home inspector under (d) of this section, an individual may not perform a home inspection for a residence (1) not previously occupied
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.011
(a) A person may not submit a bid or work as a contractor until that person has been issued a certificate of registration as a contractor by the department. A partnership or joint venture shall be considered registered as a contractor if one of the general partners or venturers whose name appears in the name under which the partnership or venture does business is registered as a contractor. (b) A general contractor may not use a bid or proposal from, award a bid or proposal to, contract with, or allow a person required to be registered under this chapter to work for the general contractor as a specialty contractor unless the person is registered as a specialty contractor under this chapter. (c) Unless exempt under AS 08.18.156 or serving lawfully as an associate home inspector under (d) of this section, an individual may not perform a home inspection for a residence (1) not previously occupied as a residence unless that individual is registered as a home inspector for new homes under this chapter; (2) previously occupied as a residence unless that individual is registered as a home inspector for existing homes under this chapter. (d) Notwithstanding (c) of this section, an individual who is not registered as a home inspector under this chapter may perform a home inspection as an associate home inspector if the individual is (1) employed by a registered home inspector who supervises the associate's work and the inspection is of the type that the supervising individual is authorized to perform; and (2) registered with the department as an associate home inspector. (e) A registered home inspector who employs an associate home inspector under (d) of this section is liable for the work done by the associate home inspector. (f) An individual who holds a joint registration for home inspection is considered to be registered as both a home inspector for new homes and a home inspector for existing homes.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.020
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Title 2. Aeronautics.
Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food.
Title 4. Alcoholic Beverages.
Title 5. Amusements and Sports.
Title 6. Banks and Financial Institutions.
Title 7. Boroughs.
Title 8. Business and Professions.
Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure.
Title 10. Corporations and Associations.
Title 11. Criminal Law.
Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure.
Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.
Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums.
Title 15. Elections.
Title 16. Fish and Game.
Title 17. Food and Drugs.
Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender.
Title 19. Highways and Ferries.
Title 20. Infants and Incompetents.
Title 21. Insurance.
Title 22. Judiciary.
Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation.
Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying.
Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations.
Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace.
Title 27. Mining.
Title 28. Motor Vehicles.
Title 29. Municipal Government.
Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities.
Title 31. Oil and Gas.
Title 32. Partnership.
Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners.
Title 34. Property.
Title 35. Public Buildings, Works, and Improvements.
Title 36. Public Contracts.
Title 37. Public Finance.
Title 38. Public Land.
Title 39. Public Officers and Employees.
Title 40. Public Records and Recorders.
Title 41. Public Resources.
Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs.
Title 43. Revenue and Taxation.
Title 44. State Government.
Title 45. Trade and Commerce.
Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation.
Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions.
Article 1. Registration. Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors. Sec. 08.18.010. Creation and composition of board. [Repealed, § 1 ch 100 SLA 1968.] Sec. 08.18.011. Registration required. (a) A person may not submit a bid or work as a contractor until that person has been issued a certificate of registration as a contractor by the department. A partnership or joint venture shall be considered registered as a contractor if one of the general partners or venturers whose name appears in the name under which the partnership or venture does business is registered as a contractor.
(b) A general contractor may not use a bid or proposal from, award a bid or proposal to, contract with, or allow a person required to be registered under this chapter to work for the general contractor as a specialty contractor unless the person is registered as a specialty contractor under this chapter.
(c) Unless exempt under AS 08.18.156 or serving lawfully as an associate home inspector under (d) of this section, an individual may not perform a home inspection for a residence (1) not previously occupied
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.021
(a) An applicant for registration as a contractor or home inspector shall submit an application under oath upon a form to be prescribed by the commissioner and that must include the following information pertaining to the applicant: (1) the applicant's social security number; (2) if applying to be a registered contractor, the type of contracting activity, whether a general or a specialty contractor and, if the latter, the type of specialty; (3) if applying to be a registered home inspector, whether the applicant is applying to inspect new homes or existing homes, or both; (4) if applying to be a registered contractor, the name and address of each partner if the applicant is a firm or partnership, or the name and address of the owner if the applicant is an individual proprietorship, or the name and address of the corporate officers and statutory agent, if any, if the applicant is a corporation; and (5) if applying to be a registered home inspector, the name and address of the applicant. (b) The information contained in the application shall be a matter of public record and open to public inspection.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.024
(a) The department may authorize the limited use of specific construction techniques or materials that are defined by the department as part of one specialty trade by a specialty contractor licensed in a different specialty trade if those construction techniques or materials are a small but inseparable part of what is required to complete that specialty contractor's work. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a specialty contractor may perform work that requires the use of not more than three trades.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.025
(a) A general contractor may not undertake the construction or alteration, or submit a bid to undertake the construction or alteration of a privately-owned residential structure of one to four units or advertise or publicly represent that the general contractor may undertake work of this type in the state without a residential contractor endorsement issued under this section. In this subsection, “alteration” means changes that have a value greater than 25 percent of the value of the structure being altered. (b) The department shall issue a residential contractor endorsement to a person who (1) has a certificate of registration as a general contractor; (2) passes a residential contractor examination, which shall be offered by the department at least once each year in each judicial district; the examination, which may be written or practical, may test competence in relation to arctic structural and thermal construction techniques and other matters as determined by the department in consultation with representatives of the construction industry; (3) applies for an endorsement within 12 months after passing the examination required under (2) of this subsection; (4) within the two years preceding the date of application for the endorsement, has satisfactorily completed either the Alaska craftsman home program sponsored by the department, or its equivalent, or a postsecondary course in arctic engineering, or its equivalent; (5) within the seven years preceding the date of application, has not been under a sentence for an offense related to forgery, theft in the first or second degree, extortion, or conspiracy to defraud creditors or for a felony involving dishonesty; and (6) pays the appropriate fees. (c) The department may not renew an endorsement issued under this section unless the applicant submits proof of continued competency relating to residential contracting that satisfies the department. A lapsed endorsement may be reinstated, within two years after the lapse, upon proof of continued competency, payment of a renewal fee for the intervening time period, and payment of any penalty fee established under AS 08.01.100 (b). If the endorsement has been lapsed for more than two years, the department may not reinstate it until the person also passes the residential contractor examination described in (b) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.026
(a) The department may not issue a certificate of registration as an electrical contractor to an applicant unless the applicant is, or employs, a person currently licensed as an electrical administrator under AS 08.40 . (b) Each applicant for an electrical contractor's certificate of registration may employ more than one electrical administrator. (c) If the relationship of the only electrical administrator with a registered electrical contractor is terminated, the registration is void 30 days after the next regularly scheduled examination unless the electrical contractor has hired a licensed electrical administrator in the interim.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.028
(a) The department may not issue a certificate of registration as a mechanical contractor to an applicant unless the applicant is, or employs, a person currently licensed as a mechanical administrator under AS 08.40 . (b) Each applicant for a mechanical contractor's certificate of registration may employ more than one mechanical administrator. (c) If the relationship of the only mechanical administrator with a registered mechanical contractor is terminated, the registration is void 30 days after the next regularly scheduled mechanical administrator's examination unless the mechanical contractor has hired a licensed mechanical administrator in the interim.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.030
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Title 2. Aeronautics.
Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food.
Title 4. Alcoholic Beverages.
Title 5. Amusements and Sports.
Title 6. Banks and Financial Institutions.
Title 7. Boroughs.
Title 8. Business and Professions.
Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure.
Title 10. Corporations and Associations.
Title 11. Criminal Law.
Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure.
Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.
Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums.
Title 15. Elections.
Title 16. Fish and Game.
Title 17. Food and Drugs.
Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender.
Title 19. Highways and Ferries.
Title 20. Infants and Incompetents.
Title 21. Insurance.
Title 22. Judiciary.
Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation.
Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying.
Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations.
Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace.
Title 27. Mining.
Title 28. Motor Vehicles.
Title 29. Municipal Government.
Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities.
Title 31. Oil and Gas.
Title 32. Partnership.
Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners.
Title 34. Property.
Title 35. Public Buildings, Works, and Improvements.
Title 36. Public Contracts.
Title 37. Public Finance.
Title 38. Public Land.
Title 39. Public Officers and Employees.
Title 40. Public Records and Recorders.
Title 41. Public Resources.
Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs.
Title 43. Revenue and Taxation.
Title 44. State Government.
Title 45. Trade and Commerce.
Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation.
Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions.
Article 1. Registration. Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors. Sec. 08.18.010. Creation and composition of board. [Repealed, § 1 ch 100 SLA 1968.] Sec. 08.18.011. Registration required. (a) A person may not submit a bid or work as a contractor until that person has been issued a certificate of registration as a contractor by the department. A partnership or joint venture shall be considered registered as a contractor if one of the general partners or venturers whose name appears in the name under which the partnership or venture does business is registered as a contractor.
(b) A general contractor may not use a bid or proposal from, award a bid or proposal to, contract with, or allow a person required to be registered under this chapter to work for the general contractor as a specialty contractor unless the person is registered as a specialty contractor under this chapter.
(c) Unless exempt under AS 08.18.156 or serving lawfully as an associate home inspector under (d) of this section, an individual may not perform a home inspection for a residence (1) not previously occupied
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.041
(a) The department shall set fees under AS 08.01.065 for (1) registration and renewal of registration for all categories of contractors; (2) registration and renewal of registration for a home inspector qualified to inspect new homes; (3) registration and renewal of registration for a home inspector qualified to inspect existing homes; (4) joint registration and renewal of joint registration for home inspectors; (5) registration and renewal of registration as an associate home inspector; (6) examinations for applicants for home inspector registration; (7) examination, issuance of initial endorsement, and renewal of active or inactive endorsements for residential contractors; and (8) departmental publications and seminars related to this chapter. (b) A person who fails a residential contractor examination or home inspector examination shall pay the examination fee set by the department if the person applies to retake an examination.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.050
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Title 2. Aeronautics.
Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food.
Title 4. Alcoholic Beverages.
Title 5. Amusements and Sports.
Title 6. Banks and Financial Institutions.
Title 7. Boroughs.
Title 8. Business and Professions.
Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure.
Title 10. Corporations and Associations.
Title 11. Criminal Law.
Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure.
Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.
Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums.
Title 15. Elections.
Title 16. Fish and Game.
Title 17. Food and Drugs.
Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender.
Title 19. Highways and Ferries.
Title 20. Infants and Incompetents.
Title 21. Insurance.
Title 22. Judiciary.
Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation.
Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying.
Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations.
Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace.
Title 27. Mining.
Title 28. Motor Vehicles.
Title 29. Municipal Government.
Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities.
Title 31. Oil and Gas.
Title 32. Partnership.
Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners.
Title 34. Property.
Title 35. Public Buildings, Works, and Improvements.
Title 36. Public Contracts.
Title 37. Public Finance.
Title 38. Public Land.
Title 39. Public Officers and Employees.
Title 40. Public Records and Recorders.
Title 41. Public Resources.
Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs.
Title 43. Revenue and Taxation.
Title 44. State Government.
Title 45. Trade and Commerce.
Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation.
Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions.
Article 1. Registration. Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors. Sec. 08.18.010. Creation and composition of board. [Repealed, § 1 ch 100 SLA 1968.] Sec. 08.18.011. Registration required. (a) A person may not submit a bid or work as a contractor until that person has been issued a certificate of registration as a contractor by the department. A partnership or joint venture shall be considered registered as a contractor if one of the general partners or venturers whose name appears in the name under which the partnership or venture does business is registered as a contractor.
(b) A general contractor may not use a bid or proposal from, award a bid or proposal to, contract with, or allow a person required to be registered under this chapter to work for the general contractor as a specialty contractor unless the person is registered as a specialty contractor under this chapter.
(c) Unless exempt under AS 08.18.156 or serving lawfully as an associate home inspector under (d) of this section, an individual may not perform a home inspection for a residence (1) not previously occupied
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.051
(a) Except as provided otherwise by law, a person who has registered as a contractor under one name as required by this chapter may not act in the capacity of a contractor under any other name unless that name also is registered. (b) All advertising, contracts, correspondence, cards, signs, posters, papers, and documents prepared by a contractor for the contracting business must show the contractor's name, mailing address, and address of the contractor's principal place of business. Advertising and contracts must also include the contractor's registration number. An advertisement that directs potential customers to a contractor's Internet website or landing page satisfies the requirements of this subsection if the advertisement states that the information required by this subsection is contained on the Internet website or landing page and the Internet website or landing page contains the required information. (c) Individual contractors and partners, associates, agents, salesmen, solicitors, officers, and employees of contractors shall use their true names and addresses and the true name of the contractor firm at all times while acting in the capacity of a contractor or performing related activities.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.071
(a) Except as provided in (d) and (e) of this section, each applicant shall, at the time of applying for a certificate of registration, file with the commissioner a surety bond running to the state conditioned upon the applicant's promise to pay all (1) taxes and contributions due the state and political subdivisions; (2) persons furnishing labor or material or renting or supplying equipment to the applicant; and (3) amounts that may be adjudged against the applicant by reason of negligent or improper work or breach of contract in the conduct of the contracting business or home inspection activity, as applicable, or by reason of damage to public facilities occurring in the course of a construction project. (b) The amount of the bond for a (1) general contractor shall be $25,000; (2) general contractor with a residential contractor endorsement under AS 08.18.025 who performs exclusively residential work shall be $20,000; (3) mechanical or specialty contractor or home inspector shall be $10,000; or (4) contractor whose work on one project with an aggregate contract price of $10,000 or less, including all labor, materials, and other items, when the work is not part of a larger or major operation or otherwise divided into contracts of less than $10,000 to evade a higher bonding requirement, shall be $5,000. (c) The bond required by this section remains in effect until cancelled by action of the surety, the principal, or the commissioner. An action may not be commenced upon the bond later than three years after its cancellation. In lieu of the surety bond required by this section, the applicant may file with the commissioner a cash deposit or other negotiable security acceptable to the commissioner in the amount specified for bonds. (d) A general contractor or specialty contractor who is in compliance with the surety bond or deposit requirements of (a) and (b) of this section is not required to file another surety bond or increase a deposit with the commissioner when the general contractor or specialty contractor applies to be a registered home inspector. However, if the general contractor or specialty contractor subsequently is neither a general contractor nor a specialty contractor and becomes only a registered home inspector, the home inspector shall provide a surety bond or deposit in lieu of the bond in the manner and amount required for registered home inspectors under this section. (e) An applicant for, or holder of, a certificate of registration as a home inspector may, in lieu of filing with the commissioner a surety bond or deposit that meets the requirements of this section, file evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the applicant is employed by a registered home inspector who is in compliance with the surety bond or deposit requirements of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.081
(a) Except as provided in AS 08.18.085 , a person having a claim against a contractor or home inspector for any of the items referred to in AS 08.18.071 may bring suit upon the bond in the district court of the judicial district in which venue lies. A copy of the complaint shall be served by registered or certified mail upon the commissioner at the time suit is filed, and the commissioner shall maintain a record, available for public inspection, of all suits commenced. Two additional copies shall be served upon the director of the division of insurance with the payment to the director of a fee set under AS 21.06.250 , taxable as costs in the action. This service upon the director shall constitute service on the surety, and the director shall transmit the complaint or a copy of it to the surety within 72 hours after it has been received. The surety upon the bond is not liable in an aggregate amount in excess of that named in the bond, but in case claims pending at any one time exceed the amount of the bond, the claims shall be satisfied from the bond in the following order: (1) labor, including employee benefits; (2) taxes and contributions due the state, city, and borough, in that order; (3) material and equipment; (4) claims for breach of contract; (5) repair of public facilities. (b) If a judgment is entered against the cash deposit, the commissioner, upon receipt of a certified copy of a final judgment, shall pay the judgment from the amount of the deposit, in accordance with the priorities set out in (a) of this section. (c) If the claim for which a person may bring suit under (a) of this section is subject to AS 09.45.881 — 09.45.899, the person may not bring suit unless the person complies with AS 09.45.881 — 09.45.899.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.101
(a) Each applicant, at the time of applying for registration or upon renewal of registration, shall file with the commissioner satisfactory evidence that the applicant has in effect (1) to the extent required under AS 23.30 , workers' compensation insurance that is purchased from a private insurer who is admitted to do business in the state and that shows coverage in this state, appropriate employee classifications, and rates applicable in this state, or a valid workers' compensation self-insurance certificate issued by the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board; and (2) public liability and property damage insurance covering the applicant's contracting operations in this state in the sum of not less than $20,000 for damage to property, $50,000 for injury, including death, to any one person, and $100,000 for injury, including death, to more than one person; this requirement does not apply to an applicant whose contracting operations are for work on projects where each project has an aggregate contract price, including all labor, materials, and other items of $2,500 or less. (b) Proof of insurance coverage for an applicant under (a) of this section may be satisfied by providing evidence that the applicant is covered by a policy in effect for the applicant's employer at least to the extent required under (a) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.115
(a) A contractor or home inspector who has filed a cash deposit and who ceases doing business as a contractor or home inspector may request the return of as much of that cash deposit as is held by the commissioner by (1) filing a notarized statement with the commissioner that the contractor or home inspector has ceased doing business as a contractor or home inspector, as applicable; and (2) filing a notarized statement with the commissioner at least three years after filing the statement in (1) of this subsection that (A) requests return of the cash deposit; (B) certifies that the former contractor or home inspector has not been engaged in business as a contractor or home inspector, as applicable, for at least three years; and (C) certifies that to the best of the contractor's or home inspector's knowledge no action has been commenced upon the cash deposit that has not been dismissed or reduced to a final judgment that has been satisfied. (b) The commissioner, after paying any judgments against the cash deposit under AS 08.18.081 (b), shall return the remainder of a former contractor's or former home inspector's cash deposit to the contractor or home inspector, as applicable, if (1) the former contractor or former home inspector has complied with (a) of this section; and (2) no action has been commenced upon the cash deposit that has not been dismissed or reduced to a final judgment that has been satisfied. Article 3. Enforcement.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.116
(a) Either the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development or the Department of Labor and Workforce Development may investigate alleged or apparent violations of this chapter relating to contractors. The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development may investigate alleged or apparent violations of this chapter relating to home inspection activities. These departments, upon showing proper credentials, may enter, during regular hours of work, a construction site where it appears that contracting work is being done. The departments may make inquiries about the identity of the contractor or the person acting in the capacity of a contractor. The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development may make inquiries about the identity of a home inspector or a person acting in the capacity of a home inspector. Upon demand, a contractor or home inspector or person acting in the capacity of a contractor or home inspector, or that person's representative, shall produce evidence of current endorsement, if applicable, and registration. (b) If an owner files a notice of the advertisement of a structure for sale or the sale of a structure during the period of construction or for two years after the period of construction begins under AS 08.18.161 (11), the department shall investigate and take appropriate action under this chapter if the notice and circumstances indicate that the owner is operating a business for which the owner is required to register as a contractor under this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.117
Except as provided in AS 08.18.125 , either the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development or the Department of Labor and Workforce Development may issue a citation for a violation if there is probable cause to believe a person has violated this chapter with respect to contractor activities. The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development may issue a citation for a violation if there is probable cause to believe a person has violated this chapter with respect to home inspection activities. Each day a violation continues after a citation for the violation has been issued constitutes a separate violation.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.121
(a) If the insurance required in AS 08.18.101 ceases to be in effect, the registration of the contractor or home inspector shall be suspended until the insurance has been reinstated. (b) If a final judgment impairs the liability of the surety upon the bond or depletes the cash deposit so that there is not in effect a bond undertaking or cash deposit in the full amount prescribed in AS 08.18.071 , the registration of the contractor or home inspector involved shall be suspended until the bond liability in the required amount, unimpaired by unsatisfied judgment claims, has been furnished. (c) If a bonding company cancels its bond of a contractor or home inspector, the contractor's or home inspector's registration shall be revoked. The contractor or home inspector may again obtain registration by complying with the requirements of this chapter. (d) If a registered contractor or registered home inspector fails to fulfill the contractor's or home inspector's obligations as set out in AS 08.18.071 , the contractor's or home inspector's registration shall be suspended for a period of time the commissioner determines is appropriate. After three suspensions, the contractor's or home inspector's registration may be permanently revoked. (e) Proceedings to suspend or revoke a registration issued under this chapter are governed by AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). (f) If the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development or the Department of Labor and Workforce Development determines that a contractor or person acting in the capacity of a contractor is in violation of this chapter, that department may give written notice to the person prohibiting further action by the person as a contractor. If the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development determines that a home inspector or a person acting in the capacity of a home inspector is in violation of this chapter, the department may give written notice to the person prohibiting further action by the person as a home inspector. The prohibition in a notice given under this subsection continues until the person has submitted evidence acceptable to the appropriate department showing that the violation has been corrected. (g) A person affected by an order issued under this chapter may seek equitable relief preventing the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development or the Department of Labor and Workforce Development from enforcing the order. (h) The endorsement of a residential contractor is automatically suspended or revoked while the contractor's registration is suspended or revoked.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.123
(a) The department may suspend, revoke, or refuse to grant or renew a residential contractor endorsement, a home inspector registration, or an associate home inspector registration upon a finding that (1) the application is fraudulent or misleading; (2) the endorsement holder or registrant has knowingly violated this chapter or a lawful order or regulation of the department; (3) the endorsement holder or registrant is incompetent or has engaged in fraudulent practices. (b) Proceedings for the denial, suspension, or revocation of residential contractor endorsement, home inspector registration, or associate home inspector registration are governed by AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.125
(a) Notwithstanding any other remedy available under this chapter and except as provided in (e) of this section, the department may impose an administrative fine of not more than $1,000 for the first violation and not more than $1,500 for a second or subsequent violation of either AS 08.18.011 or 08.18.025. (b) The department shall issue a written notice of an administrative fine imposed under (a) of this section, together with a statement of the reason for the fine, a copy of the applicable procedures, and notice of an opportunity to request a hearing, including the contact information for making the request, within 30 days after the date of the notice of the fine. (c) If a person who is issued a notice of an administrative fine under (b) of this section fails to request a hearing within 30 days after the date of the notice, the right to a hearing is waived, and the administrative fine is not subject to judicial review. A hearing request must be in writing and must clearly state the issues to be raised at the hearing. The department shall schedule a hearing before a hearing officer not earlier than 10 days after receiving the request for a hearing. (d) A decision of a hearing officer under this section is a final administrative decision subject to review by a superior court under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). (e) The department may not impose an administrative fine on a person who is acting as a contractor or home inspector in an area with a population of 1,000 or less that is not connected by road or rail to Anchorage or Fairbanks.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.131
In an action instituted in the superior court by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development or the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the court may enjoin a person from acting in the capacity of a contractor in violation of this chapter. In an action instituted in the superior court by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, the court may enjoin a person from acting in the capacity of a home inspector in violation of this chapter. In addition to other relief, the court may impose a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each violation. Each day that an unlawful act continues constitutes a separate violation.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.141
(a) A contractor, a home inspector, or a person acting in the capacity of a contractor or home inspector is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person (1) knowingly violates AS 08.18.011 or 08.18.025; and (2) has been previously (A) convicted of violating AS 08.18.011 or 08.18.025; (B) found guilty of a violation under AS 08.18.117 if the violation involved AS 08.18.011 or 08.18.025; or (C) fined under AS 08.18.125 . (b) A contractor, a home inspector, or a person acting in the capacity of a contractor or home inspector who violates a provision of this chapter, other than a violation under (a) of this section, is guilty of a violation punishable under AS 12 . (c) Criminal prosecution for a violation of this chapter does not preclude the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development or the Department of Labor and Workforce Development from seeking available civil or administrative remedies.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.151
A person acting in the capacity of a contractor or home inspector may not bring an action in a court of this state for the collection of compensation for the performance of work or for breach of a contract for which registration is required under this chapter without alleging and proving that the contractor or home inspector was a registered contractor or registered home inspector, as applicable, at the time of contracting for the performance of the work. Article 4. General Provisions.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.156
(a) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, an individual who inspects a home is not required to be registered under this chapter as a home inspector or associate home inspector if the individual is (1) employed by the federal or state government, a political subdivision of the state, a regional housing authority created under AS 18.55.996 (b), or a municipality or unincorporated community and the employee is performing only duties that are within the employee's official duties; (2) performing a home inspection only with respect to property that is the individual's residence or in which the individual has a financial interest; (3) registered as an engineer or architect under AS 08.48 , prepares a written report after the inspection, affixes the individual's seal to the home inspection report, signs and dates the report, and puts the individual's registration number on the report; (4) engaged as an engineer in training or architect in training who works for and is supervised by a person described in (3) of this subsection and the person described in (3) of this subsection affixes the person's seal to the home inspection report, signs and dates the report, and puts the person's registration number on the report; (5) licensed as a pesticide applicator by the Department of Environmental Conservation and is performing only activities within the scope of that license; (6) registered as a general contractor with a residential contractor endorsement under this chapter and is performing only activities within the scope of that registration; (7) certified as any type of real estate appraiser under AS 08.87 and is performing only activities that are authorized under that certification; or (8) only determining whether a building complies with the thermal and lighting energy standards required by AS 46.11.040 . (b) Notwithstanding the definition of “home inspection” in AS 08.18.171 (8), an individual is not considered to be doing a home inspection for purposes of this chapter if the individual (1) is in the business of repairing, maintaining, or installing any of the systems or components listed in AS 08.18.171 (8); and (2) inspects the system or component for the sole purpose of determining the condition of the system or component before performing or offering to perform repair, maintenance, or installation work on the system or component.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.161
To the extent that this chapter governs contractors, this chapter does not apply to (1) an authorized representative of the United States government, the state, or a political subdivision or agency of the state; (2) an officer of a court when acting within the scope of office; (3) a public utility operating under the regulations of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska in construction, maintenance, or development work incidental to its own business; (4) a construction, repair, or operation incidental to the discovering or producing of petroleum or gas, or the drilling, testing, abandoning, or other operation of a petroleum or gas well or a surface or underground mine or mineral deposit when performed by an owner or lessee; (5) the sale or installation of finished products, materials, or articles of merchandise that are not actually fabricated into and do not become a permanent, fixed part of a structure; (6) construction, alteration, or repair of personal property; (7) a person who only furnished materials, supplies, or equipment without fabricating them into, or consuming them in the performance of, the work of the contractor; (8) an owner who contracts for a project with a registered contractor; (9) a person working on an existing structure on that person's own property, whether occupied by the person or not, and a person working on that person's own existing residence, whether owned by the person or not; (10) an owner or tenant of commercial property who uses the owner's or tenant's own employees to do maintenance, repair, and alteration work on that property; (11) an owner who acts as the owner's own contractor and in doing so performs the work independently or hires workers or subcontractors, purchases materials, and, as such, sees to the paying for all labor, subcontractors, and materials; in this case, the owner shall be limited to construction of one home, duplex, triplex, four-plex, or commercial building every two years; an owner who advertises the structure under construction for sale or sells the structure during the period of construction or within two years after the period of construction begins shall file, on forms provided by the department, a notice indicating that the owner is not engaged in a business for which the owner is required to register as a contractor under this chapter; for the purposes of this paragraph, construction begins on the date that is the earlier of when the owner (A) begins the actual construction work; or (B) enters into an agreement with another person for the other person to provide labor, to act as a subcontractor, or to provide materials for the construction; (12) a person performing construction work incidental to farming, dairying, agriculture, horticulture, stock or poultry raising, mining, logging, fishing, clearing, or other work on the land in rural districts for fire prevention purposes, or access road building, unless the person is a licensee.
Alaska Stat. § 08.18.171
In this chapter, (1) “builder” means general contractor; (2) “cash deposit” means a cash deposit or other negotiable security filed with the commissioner in lieu of a surety bond under AS 08.18.071 (b); (3) “commissioner,” unless the text reads otherwise, means the commissioner of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; (4) “contractor” means a person who, in the pursuit of an independent business, undertakes or offers to perform, or claims to have the capacity to perform, or submits a bid for a project to construct, alter, repair, move, or demolish a building, highway, road, railroad, or any type of fixed structure, including excavation and site development and erection of scaffolding; “contractor” includes a general contractor, builder, mechanical contractor, specialty contractor, and subcontractor; (5) “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, unless the context indicates otherwise; (6) “existing home” means a residence previously occupied as a residence; (7) “general contractor” means a contractor whose business operations require the use of more than three trades or the use of mechanical or specialty contractors and subcontractors who are under the supervision of the contractor; (8) “home inspection” means a visual examination, performed in accordance with standards of practice adopted by the department, of the readily accessible parts of one or more of the following systems and components of a residence or intended residence: (A) heating and air-conditioning systems; (B) plumbing and electrical systems; (C) built-in appliances; (D) roof, attic, and visible insulation; (E) walls, ceilings, floors, windows, and doors; (F) foundation and basement; (G) visible interior and exterior structures; (H) drainage to and from the residence; (I) other systems or components as specified by the department in regulations; (9) “home inspector” means an individual who performs or offers to perform a home inspection for a fee; (10) “joint registration” means a certificate of registration that authorizes an individual to inspect both new homes and existing homes; (11) “knowingly” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 ; (12) “landing page” means a single web page that appears in response to clicking on a search engine optimized search result, marketing promotion, marketing email, or online advertisement; (13) “mechanical contractor” means a contractor whose business operations involve plumbing, pipe fitting, sheet metal, heating, air conditioning, ventilating, or sprinkler and dry chemical fire protection trades in order to install or modify mechanical piping and systems, devices, fixtures, and equipment or other mechanical materials subject to the following codes as published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials or the International Conference of Building Officials: (A) Uniform Plumbing Code; (B) Uniform Swimming Pool, Spa, and Hot Tub Code; (C) Uniform Solar Energy Code; and (D) Uniform Mechanical Code; (14) “new home” means a residence not previously occupied as a residence; (15) “residence” means (A) a single-family home other than a mobile home; (B) a duplex, triplex, or four-plex; or (C) a residential townhouse or residential condominium unit; (16) “residential contractor” means a general contractor whose business and operation involve undertaking the construction or alteration of a privately-owned residential structure of one to four units that is used or intended to be used as a human dwelling; (17) “specialty contractor” means a contractor, other than a mechanical contractor, whose business operations are described in AS 08.18.024 (b); (18) “trade” means a skill used in the field of construction, as defined by regulation by the department; (19) “visual examination” means an examination performed in person at the physical location of the residence except that, if a method other than personal physical inspection has been approved by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation under AS 18.56.300 (b), use of the other approved method constitutes a visual examination under this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 08.40.280
A person may not qualify or operate as a mechanical administrator for more than one registered contractor, corporation, joint venture, or other business entity unless the municipality or community where the person qualifies or operates as a mechanical administrator is the principal place of business of fewer than three mechanical administrators.
Alaska Stat. § 08.48.331
(a) This chapter does not apply to (1) a contractor performing work designed by a professional architect, engineer, or landscape architect or the supervision of the construction of the work as a supervisor or superintendent for a contractor; (2) workers in building trades crafts, earthwork, grounds keeping, or nursery operations, and superintendents, supervisors, or inspectors in the performance of their customary duties; (3) an officer or employee of the United States government practicing architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture as required by the person's official capacity; (4) an employee or a subordinate of a registrant if the work or service is done under the direct supervision of a registrant; (5) associates, consultants, or specialists retained by a registrant, a partnership of registered individuals, a corporation, a limited liability company, a limited liability partnership, or a limited partnership authorized to practice architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture under this chapter, in the performance of professional services if responsible charge of the work remains with the registrant, the partnership, or a designated representative of the corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or limited partnership; (6) a person preparing drawings or specifications for (A) a building for the person's own use and occupancy as a single family residence and related site work for that building; (B) farm or ranch buildings and their grounds unless the public health, safety, or welfare is involved; (C) a building that is intended to be used only as a residence by not more than (i) four families and that is not more than two stories high and the grounds of the building; or (ii) two families and that is not more than three stories high and the grounds of the building, if the building is located in a municipality that has adopted a building or residential code that applies to the building and if the building complies with the building or residential code; (D) a garage, workshop, or similar building that contains less than 2,000 square feet of floor space to be used for a private noncommercial purpose and the grounds of the building; (7) a specialty contractor licensed under AS 08.18 while engaged in the business of construction contracting for work designed by an architect, engineer, or landscape architect that is within the specialty to be performed or supervised by the specialty contractor, or a contractor preparing shop or field drawings for work that the specialty contractor has contracted to perform; (8) a person furnishing drawings, specifications, instruments of service, or other data for alterations or repairs to a building or its grounds that do not change or affect the structural system or the safety of the building, or that do not affect the public health, safety, or welfare; (9) a person who is employed by a postsecondary educational institution to teach engineering, architectural, or landscape architectural courses; in this paragraph, “postsecondary educational institution” has the meaning given in AS 14.48.210 ; (10) an officer or employee of an individual, firm, partnership, association, utility, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or limited partnership, who practices engineering, architecture, land surveying, or landscape architecture involved in the operation of the employer's business only, and further if neither the employee nor the employer offers engineering, architecture, land surveying, or landscape architecture services to the public; exclusions under this paragraph do not apply to buildings or structures whose primary use is public occupancy; (11) a person while involved in revegetation, restoration, reclamation, rehabilitation, or erosion control for disturbed land that the board determines does not affect the public health, safety, or welfare; (12) a person while maintaining or directing the placement of plant material that the board determines does not affect the public health, safety, or welfare; (13) an employee, officer, or agent of a regulatory agency of the state or a municipality when reviewing drawings and specifications for compliance with the building codes of the state or a municipality if the drawings and specifications have been sealed and signed by an architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect or the preparation of the drawings and specifications is exempt under this section from the requirements of this chapter; in this paragraph, “building codes” includes codes relating to building, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire safety standards, and zoning; (14) a person who is designing fire protection systems and is authorized by the Department of Public Safety to design fire protection systems. (b) The requirement to be registered as a landscape architect under this chapter only applies to a person who practices an aspect of landscape architecture that the board has determined affects the public health, safety, or welfare.
Alaska Stat. § 08.48.341
In this chapter, (1) “architect” means a professional architect; (2) “board” means the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; (3) “building” means a structure used or intended for human occupancy; (4) “certificate of authorization” means a certificate issued by the board authorizing a corporation, a limited liability company, a limited liability partnership, or a limited partnership to provide professional services in architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture through individuals legally registered by the board; (5) “certificate of registration” means a certificate issued by the board recognizing the individual named in the certificate as meeting the requirements for registration under this chapter; (6) “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; (7) “design of minor importance” means work that is incidental to the discipline of a registrant and is within the experience of the registrant, but does not include comprehensive design services of any particular building type, structure, building system, engineering system, or site development; (8) “engineer” means a professional engineer; (9) “fire protection system” means a fire alarm device or system or fire extinguishing device or system, or combination of both, that is designed and installed for detecting, controlling, or extinguishing a fire or otherwise alerting an occupant or the fire department, or both, that a fire has occurred; (10) “land surveyor” means a professional land surveyor; (11) “landscape architect” means a professional landscape architect; (12) “limited liability company” means an organization organized under AS 10.50 or a foreign limited liability company; in this paragraph, “foreign limited liability company” has the meaning given in AS 10.50.990 ; (13) “limited liability partnership” means a limited liability partnership or a foreign limited liability partnership, as those terms are defined in AS 32.06.995 ; (14) “limited partnership” has the meaning given in AS 32.11.900 ; (15) “practice of architecture” means professional service or creative work in the design of buildings, the teaching of advanced architectural courses in institutions of higher learning, consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, and professional observation of construction of public or private buildings, works, or projects, and architectural review of drawings and specifications by regulatory agencies; “practice of architecture” may by regulation of the board include mechanical, electrical, or structural design of minor importance; (16) “practice of engineering” means professional service or creative work, the adequate performance of which requires the specialized knowledge of applied mathematics and sciences, dealing with the design of structures, machines, equipment, utilities systems, materials, processes, works, or projects, public or private; the teaching of advanced engineering courses in institutions of higher learning; the direction of or the performance of engineering surveys, consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, and professional observation of construction of public and private structures, works, or projects and engineering review of drawings and specifications by regulatory agencies; “practice of engineering” may by regulation of the board include architectural building design of minor importance, but it does not include comprehensive architectural services; (17) “practice of land surveying” means the teaching of land surveying courses at an institution of higher learning, or any service or work the adequate performance of which involves the application of special knowledge of the principles of mathematics, the related physical and applied sciences, and the relevant requirements of law for adequate evidence of the act of measuring and locating land, geodetic and cadastral surveys for the location and monumentation of property boundaries, for the platting and planning of land and subdivisions of land, including the topography, alignment, and grades for streets, and for the preparation and perpetuation of maps, record plats, field note records, and property descriptions that represent these surveys; (18) “practice of landscape architecture” means professional services or creative work in the design of landscape, the adequate performance of which requires the specialized knowledge of applied mathematics and physical and social sciences; consulting on, evaluating, planning, and designing public and private landscape architecture projects; the teaching of advanced landscape architectural courses in institutions of higher learning; consultation and the direction or performance of preparing, filing, and administering related plans, drawings, specifications, permits, and other contract documents involving projects that direct, inform, or advise on the functional use and preservation of natural and built environments; the review of drawings and specifications by regulatory agencies; and minor architectural and engineering design work as authorized by the board under AS 08.48.101 (a)(7); (19) “professional architect” means a person registered as a professional architect by the board; (20) “professional engineer” means a person registered as a professional engineer by the board; (21) “professional land surveyor” means a person registered as a professional land surveyor by the board; (22) “professional landscape architect” means a person registered as a professional landscape architect by the board; (23) “registrant” means a person registered by the board as a professional architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect; (24) “responsible charge” means the direct control and personal supervision of work; (25) “shop drawing” or “field drawing” means a drawing prepared by a contractor, subcontractor, or vendor that shows how a particular aspect of the work is to be fabricated and installed and demonstrates how an aspect of the work will satisfy the requirements of the construction document; (26) “structure” means a system of materials and components that resists horizontal and vertical loads.
Alaska Stat. § 08.88.450
(a) The real estate recovery fund is established in the general fund to carry out the purposes of AS 08.88.450 — 08.88.495. The fund is composed of payments made by real estate licensees under AS 08.88.455 , filing fees retained under AS 08.88.460 , income earned on investment of the money in the fund, and money deposited in the fund under (c) of this section. Money in the fund does not lapse. The commission may make payments from the fund for awards from the fund under AS 08.88.450 — 08.88.495, for hearing and legal expenses directly related to fund operations and claims, and for real estate educational purposes. (b) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall provide the commission every three months with a statement of the activities of, balances in, interest earned on, and interest returned to the real estate recovery fund. (c) If money from the real estate recovery fund is expended to prepare, print, manufacture, sponsor, produce, or otherwise provide an item or a service to a member of the public, to a real estate licensee, to a potential real estate licensee, or to another person, any money paid by the person to the commission, either directly or through an agent or contractor of the commission, to receive the item or service shall be deposited in the fund. In this subsection, “an item or a service” includes an information pamphlet, an examination preparation packet, an educational course, the certification of a real estate education course, and the approval of a real estate education instructor.
Alaska Stat. § 08.88.990
In this chapter, (1) “commission” means the Real Estate Commission except where the context indicates that “commission” refers to a fee paid for personal services; (2) “community association management” means an activity undertaken for an owners' association with regard to property organized under either AS 34.07 or AS 34.08 under an agreement in exchange for a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, including the following activities: preparing budgets and other financial documents, collecting, controlling, or disbursing funds, obtaining insurance for the association, contracting for maintenance and repair to association property, and supervising the day-to-day operations of the association under the direction of the association's board of directors; (3) “community association operating account” means an account in a financial institution maintained in the name of a specific community association that contains money used for day-to-day operation and not for other uses; (4) “community association reserve account” means an account in a financial institution maintained in the name of a specific community association that contains money reserved for the expected replacement cost of improvements within the community association or for other future uses; (5) “final arbitration award” means an arbitration award for which there is no further right to appeal; (6) “final judgment” means a judgment for which there is no further right to appeal; (7) “initial license” (A) means the first (i) real estate broker license that the commission issues to a person, even if the person previously received an associate real estate broker license or real estate salesperson license under this chapter; (ii) associate real estate broker license that the commission issues to a person, even if the person previously received a real estate broker license or a real estate salesperson license under this chapter; (iii) real estate salesperson license under this chapter that the commission issues to a person, even if the person previously received a real estate broker license or an associate real estate broker license under this chapter; (iv) issuance of a license to an individual after the individual's license has been revoked under AS 08.01.075 ; (B) does not include the reinstatement of a license under AS 08.88.241 (b); (8) “knowingly” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 (a); (9) “lease” includes a lease that is a part of another transaction; (10) “property management” is an activity undertaken for another with regard to real property under an agreement in exchange for a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, including the following activities: marketing, leasing, contracting for physical, administrative, or financial maintenance, performance of overall management of real property, and the supervision of these actions; (11) “real estate” means an interest or estate in land, corporeal or incorporeal, except that it does not include a unit in a hotel, motel, boarding house, rooming house, or other transient lodging facility, or a unit in a warehouse, mini-storage facility, or other facility the function of which is limited to warehousing purposes; (12) “real estate licensee” is a person who holds a license under this chapter; the term includes a broker unless the context clearly excludes brokers; (13) “real estate transaction” (A) in sales, means the transfer or attempted transfer of an interest in a unit of real property, an act conducted as a result of or in pursuit of a contract to transfer an interest in a unit of real property, or an act conducted in an attempt to obtain a contract to market real property; (B) in property management, means the lease or rental of a unit of real property, including collection of rent from a tenant of a unit of rented or leased real property, an attempt to rent or lease a unit of real property, an attempt to collect rent from a tenant of rented or leased real property, or an act conducted as a result of or in pursuit of a contract to manage a unit of leased or rented real property; (C) in community association management, means the collection or attempted collection of dues from a unit owner or an activity conducted as a result of or in pursuit of a contract with a community association to manage the affairs of a community association; (14) “resident manager” means a person who resides on rented or leased real property or on contiguous property owned by the same owner, manages the property for the benefit of another person, and is either employed by the owner of the real estate or employed by, or under contract with, a real estate licensee.
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